Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0210311

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0210311

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

How has the continental lithosphere evolved? Processes of assembly, growth, transformation and destruction. We will use new in-situ analytical techniques, developed In-house, to date the formation and modification of specific volumes of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle, and to define the temporal and genetic relationships between mantle events and crustal formation. Quantitative modelling will investigate the geodynamic consequences of spatial and temporal variations in lithosphere composition and thermal state. Magmatic products will be used to assess the roles of mantle plumes and delamination in construction of the lithosphere and xenolith studies will investigate the evolution of oceanic plateaus. The results will provide a framework for interpreting the architecture of lithospheric terranes and their boundaries.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 20-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $1,355,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Geology | Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology | Geotectonics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Earth sciences |

Other Keywords

Earth sciences | Geochronology And Isotope Geochemistry | Geology | Geotectonics | Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology

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